Practical Dry-Fly Fishing 



shows a keen knowledge of the habits 

 of the trout, and where they should 

 be lying in wait for their food. His 

 methods may differ from those of the 

 English purist in that instead of 

 casting at the rise, he casts at those 

 places where experience has taught 

 him that the trout hide, live, and seek 

 their food. There is nothing more 

 skilful to be seen on a stream than the 

 casting of a dry-fly expert. It is sel- 

 dom except when watching them that 

 I have seen flies ''light like thistle- 

 down"; or that I have been deceived 

 for a moment into thinMing that an 

 artificial fly was a natural insect as it 

 fluttered through the air to the surface 

 of the water. 



But no American fisherman familiar 

 with English angling literature can 

 help feeling admiration for the Eng- 

 lish dry-fly enthusiast's deep study of 

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